Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-02

| 'Ss'SAS uAu AOS SNSuPJ 1Ou q ious
| while"
No, child"
Meanwhile Elsie had been engaged il
pennng dozen words or more upon {
large sheet or letter-paper, and the fol
| lowing morning, side by side with the
well-known "muflin and crumpet''
statement, appeared the following:
"a young lady, clever and well-edu
Gated, desires at once a good morning
or daily engagement as governess.
| Terms moderate. Excellent references.
Apply for particulars wlthin.n
'All that advertising in the news
papers IS only throwing money away, ;;
unused Elsie. "I'll manage things FOR
her little better in this way, perhaps
shall never forget her miserably care
worn face last evening""
Miss Josephine had, in a most mex.
pllcable way, won the woman's entire
sympathy, and also admiration, of Ell.
sic. And yet the latter never seemed
TO forget the difference in station that
STE considered still existed between heI
fayorlte and herself. she only knew
that the lawyers daughter was a very
AA4OaN- Va ohtSN anu lutl SDt
and all at home were as poor as any
church-mouse.
"Oh, myr' exclaimed little Bob Ira.
vers that morning, rs the letters Were
brought in. ''What shoals of letters!
What a lot of governesSes We shall
have, motherl do declare if it won't
be Just like an evening party"
Hold your tongue, Bob!" urged his
father, peremptorily. Leave the
ROOM"
Letters of Importance had to be dis
cussed, most of them bearing reference
TO what Bob had termed the ''evening
party" Some applicants declared they
were experienced, because middle
aged. Others asserted that they were
young. and therefore generally regarded
as having an attractive way with chill
dren; which latter statement was yet
worse. The last described young ladies
would perhaps prove attractive in other
ways, and fall desperately in love with
the quiet bachelor-Uncle Fred. No,
that wouldn't do at all. and in decI-
dei fit of ill-humor Bob's father threw
the entire batch CT letters into the fire.
As usual, when perturbed in mind,
mother" turned the current of con-
versation by addressing Uncle Fred.
II wish, when passing Janet Lisle's
to-day, you would ask for our maga-
zines"
All was hurry-Skurry, as usual, three
or four hours later on in the post-oflice.
4 variety of small packages required
immediate weighing; and it was at this
very juDcture that Uncle Fred placed
his foot upon the threshold. Some
thing had, however, just caught his
eye, and without more ado he beat a
hasty retreat-not, however, TO great
distance of.
The very thingl" he calculated.
"ThereI We have been bunting about
all this while-and to what purpose?
Particulars within Eh2 "Ehy, I'll
go in at once and inquire"
Uncle Fred was wIdower, and had
therefore made his home of late years
with his sister Polly's family. Any
thing, he thought, was better than liv-
ing alone. He was rich too, and a
highly cultivated man, with peculiar
faculty also for engaging in the per-
formance of kindly actions. Like the
rest Of the family, however, he had only
lately come into the neighborhood.
"Will you excuse my troubling you
about the notice in the Window"
Elsie started vislbly an instant. Yes,
of course. This was not the first occa-
sion upon which she had seen that
certainly striking face. Yesterday, of
10 Il nff hot rnrfc
tered letter. But Elsie was instantly
all attention. Yes; she could tell him
all he required to know-and did so;
and even as she spoke Elsie's eyes
sparkled brightly and lovingly. She
was doing now what it rejOiced her
true woman's heart to venture npon-
trying to help her fayorite.
"And Miss Falconbridge thought
that the young lady in question might
lie fully relied upon in her guidance of
little chlIdrenF" he asked.
"Oh, dear me! Yes-Most GER
tainlv."
sYou con give me her address,"
Else noted it down quickly upon a
slip Of paper.
Before the end of that certainly
eventful day Miss Josephine was en-
gagged as daily goyerness In the family
of Uncle Fred't sister, at the moderate
salary of two hundred dollars a year,
Some months have passed away since
then. Kind Uncle Fred, that he ever
is, has Just appeared in the large, old
fashioned hall, and IS assisting Miss
Josephlne" in, putting on her cloak,
previous to taking her departure for
aome. He and "Sister Polly" also,
are both made of good stuff, as folks
say and-Heaven bless them for It'll
only wish to make her feel at home
with them.
And for this reason, therefore, 1t
seems that Uncle Fred not only, on this
special evening escorts her to the hall
door. but also short distance on the
road towards home. As he says, the
evening is so lovely, and the balmy,
out air will do him good. She is telling
him-why, she does not exactly know
something about their troubles at
home since ''dear father" died. She
likes to talk of him even now, she says
not to be forever silent about the one
whom they had lost. as is the fashion
with SO many people.
Uncle Fred quite understands her,
and agrees with her also and yet,
strange, perhaps, somewhat. on his
part, he has never once referred, in thus
chatting with her, to the one trouble
that has served so sadly to shadow his
own life. No; he only listens her
own, it seems.
I'm fact, You know" went on Miss
Josephine" quite simply, ''he had not
a penny left in the house. 1t was too
dreadful, sir"
She paused a moment; then went on,
in tie least degree nervously:
.'Shall 1 tell you what 1 did?"
"Yes."
'I advertised, then, in the county
paper-don't be shocked, please. AT
any rate, did it for the best-whether
right or wrong, don't quite know"
"Go on"
81 merely said, then, that a widow
and her daughter5-all born to better
things. as il had seemed-were suddenly